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Guest AuthorMarch 20, 2017

At the three local Tallahassee establishments I own, Madison Social, Township and Centrale, we serve more than 30 types of beer from breweries all across the country. And, I sincerely enjoy and have an appreciation for each of their unique qualities and love to share them with our patrons. But in my establishments, like most […]

Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

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Citing unresolved health concerns, Florida lawmakers are weighing the fate of a measure that would ban fracking across the state. Legislators are pushing the bill to safeguard Florida’s clean water supply, which is the drinking water source for 90 percent of Floridians and a major player in the state’s economy, from agriculture to tourism. If […]

Jim RosicaMarch 19, 2017

A tax cut that’s a priority of Senate President Joe Negron is running into resistance from his fellow senators. Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami-Dade Republican and Negron’s right hand in the chamber, is running the bill (SB 378) to pay for a cut in the state’s tax on mobile phone, satellite and cable TV service by […]

Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

Just down the road from a Krispy Krunchy fried chicken store, in a nondescript east coast business park in Florida, a 60,000-square-foot factory produces about 2,500 AK-47 rifles a month. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Ulrich “Uli” Wiegand, a German immigrant who started the company called Inter Ordinance Inc., sees a bright future for […]

Mitch PerryMarch 19, 2017

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel walked into political version of a lion’s den over the weekend in Tampa and came out it not only unscathed, but maybe even a bit emboldened. “That was a warmer greeting than I was expecting,” the recently-elected leader said in reaction to the modest applause that he received after he was […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 19, 2017

Some perfectly objective news stories virtually write their own editorials. Here is the top of a recent one from the PBS NewsHour: “A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and […]

Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers. “You can’t be saying that (if) you’re the president,” says Anderson, a 21-year-old student from Coconut Creek, Florida. That Trump is undeniably the nation’s 45th […]

Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

Miami-Dade homeowners frequently renting stays to Airbnb customers risk losing their homestead exemptions. The Miami Herald reports this is the latest example of the popular “home sharing” service dividing the county’s political establishment. A one-page flier prepared by the office of Property Appraiser Pedro Garcia carried the headline “Homestead Exemption Fraud and Airbnb” and warns […]

Associated PressMarch 19, 2017

Florida is among one of the nation’s top states in recovering money from health care providers suspected of Medicaid fraud. Data released earlier this month by the federal government shows that Florida’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit recovered more than $165 million during the 2016 federal fiscal year. That placed Florida second behind the state of […]

Peter SchorschMarch 19, 2017

Congressman Vern Buchanan was greeted with a huge turnout – and chants, boos and cheers – during a town hall meeting. The Herald-Tribune reports that critics of President Donald Trump and the GOP agenda in Congress packed the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and peppered Buchanan for more than an hour with sharp questions Saturday. […]

Month: March 2017

Matt Thompson: SB 1040 & HB 853 — Serving up beer the right way in Florida

Republicans lead fight to ban fracking in Florida

Senate tax cut proposal, as is, may be on the ropes

Florida firm pushing sales of its American-made AK-47

Stephen Bittel concedes to Florida progressives – ‘it will take time for you to trust me’

Martin Dyckman: Genetic testing bill gives bosses power they shouldn’t have

Young Americans: Most see Donald Trump as illegitimate president

Officials warn Miami’s Airbnb hosts: You may risk tax fraud

Florida unit investigating Medicaid fraud gets high marks

Thousands show for Vern Buchanan town hall